Sentences with phrase «of overwhelming public support»

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There is clearly overwhelming American public support for policies that support the increased use of residential solar.

Susan Jones is a researcher uncovering the truth about the Massey tunnel replacement project While the public has shown support for a new crossing over the south arm of the Fraser River, there is no «overwhelming support» for the planned $ 3.5 billion planned bridge as claimed by B.C.'s Minister of Transportation, Todd Stone.

«I support [Trump's] policies, but this public waterboarding of one of the greatest people Alabama has ever produced is inappropriate and insulting to the people of Alabama who know Jeff Sessions so well and elected him so often by overwhelming margins,» Brooks said in a statement.

Support in Alberta is overwhelming for ending public support of elite private schools, new polSupport in Alberta is overwhelming for ending public support of elite private schools, new polsupport of elite private schools, new poll shows

Which is another reason why we can share how we feel and why; but can't be impute motives or be dogmatic except for the most obvious predatory acts like murder, rape, physical assault — those things that have been criminalized by enforceable laws, laws that have the support of an overwhelming public consensus.

There is hope that the ministers will acknowledge the strong public health arguments and overwhelming public support in favour of traffic light labels and see this proposal for what it is: a highly cost - effective policy that is likely to reduce the health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

Of course, it's hardly surprising to see Alabama receiving overwhelming public support.

At the time of publication, the Cavs were receiving overwhelming public support with 63 % of spread bets and 71 % of the money.

Betting market: This line opened at -3 and stayed there for most of the week, despite overwhelming public support (see chart below).

It's very rare to a road team listed as a favorite of greater than -200, but it's particularly rare to see them receiving overwhelming public support during interleague play.

For this match, I'm particularly interested in the low public support on the draw (11 % of tickets) and the overwhelming money support for West Brom (97 % of dollars).

We constantly preach betting against the public, and fading teams that are receiving overwhelming support on parlays is a sure sign of «square» action.

As you can see, Michigan State is receiving overwhelming public support at all seven of our contributing sportsbooks.

Although there is a precedent of presidential impeachment in South Korea dating from 2004, it was in the end reversed by the court partly because then President Roh Moo - hyun had overwhelming public support.

Cameron claims it has «overwhelming public support» which is not what any of the polls I've seen have shown.

Legislator John Mills, Chairman of the Erie County Legislature, was proud to be joined by Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski and Angola Public Library Director Jennifer Page, Eden Public Library Director Donna - Jo Webster, Concord Public Library Director Bridgette Heintz, Town of Collins Public Library Director Abigail Barten - McGowan, Orchard Park Public Library Director Peggy Errington and Boston Free Library Director Lydia Herren to announce that with overwhelming community support his Hot Dog Roast Fundraisers have raised a grand total of $ 67,077 over the past decade.

A number of speakers challenged the continuing anachronism of having 26 seats reserved for bishops in the House of Lords, while others pointed out the contrast between the recent House of Commons vote against legalising assisted dying and the overwhelming public support in favour suggested that a more representative Parliament would also be a more progressive one.

«Stripping pensions from legislators - as well as any state employee - convicted of a crime related to their public jobs is an issue that has the overwhelming support of New Yorkers,» Greenberg said.

Sadly there wasn't a lot of dancing following the Synods decision to vote against the legislation for woman bishops, despite overwhelming support from priests and the public alike.

The Republican Caucus strongly opposes this request which clearly argues against the beliefs of 83 percent of the public, as expressed in last year's referendum (see attached chart showing overwhelming support for downsizing).

A YouGov poll in the Times this morning revealed overwhelming public opposition to the latest disability cuts, with 70 per cent of people against and just 13 per cent in support.

With a tremendous amount of support for the bill, and with expectations that the legislation will pass with an overwhelming majority vote of the public, there are still a handful of individuals who oppose it, Buchwald said.

«Given the overwhelming evidence that Exxon Mobil knew the facts about climate change but chose to mislead the public and their investors through a massive campaign of climate denial, we strongly support NYS lawmakers taking action to hold them accountable, «Lipton said.

After hearing testimony for almost three hours from dozens of public officials and local residents, John P. McLaurin III, the Army's deputy director of force management, said he realizes Fort Drum enjoys «overwhelming» support from the community.

But while the export of animals has provoked widespread public outcry, the locking up of imported pets has overwhelming public support.

«Health officials in both Mississippi and West Virginia report that overwhelming majorities of the public support their policies and that opposition comes from a very small number of the population.

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The overwhelming majority supported ICEF Public Schools as the operator of the new Barack Obama Global Leadership Academy, as did the superintendent and his panel of experts.

• Overwhelming parental support for the following elements of an education agenda: Provide extra resources to turn around struggling neighborhood schools; hold charter schools accountable; provide more support / training for struggling teachers; expand / improve new - teacher mentoring; reduce class sizes, especially in the early grades; make public schools hubs of the neighborhood with longer hours, academic help and health services for families; provide extra pay for teachers in hard - to - staff schools; and ensure access to high - quality preschool for all 3 - and 4 - year - olds.

That so many adults have faced, are facing, or will face the challenges of obtaining affordable, reliable childcare is probably one reason that national polls routinely find overwhelming public support for increasing federal and state spending on early childhood programs for low - and moderate - income families.

In Newark, N.J., support for public charter schools is overwhelming, with 71 percent of respondents supporting expansion of the sector.

A proud centrist who was elected in 2010 with the overwhelming support of pro-charter donors, the governor had promptly made a show of doing battle with public - sector unions.

The initial white paper of the Teacher - Powered Schools Initiative, which describes the results of national research that found overwhelming support for the «teacher - powered» idea among teachers and the general public.

For one thing, she has supported for - profit charters in Michigan, while the overwhelming majority of charters are run by nonprofits with an explicitly public purpose.

This growing interest is reflected in the overwhelming public support — 73.5 percent — at the ballot box last November for the passage of Proposition 58, the California state ballot initiative that creates more opportunities for bilingual education.

Yesterday, ConnCAN, the charter school advocacy group released the results of a «public opinion survey» that determined that Connecticut voters overwhelming support Governor Malloy's «education reform» proposals.

There has been an overwhelming amount of support from the public and millions of rands have already been raised to assist firefighters» efforts to win the battle against the blaze.

However, an overwhelming majority of the public reaction was in support of Ashley's parents.

The Ontario SPCA wishes to thank members of the public for their overwhelming support by way of donations.

On the home front during World War II, the American public recognized the necessity of the sacrifices being asked of them by their government and the response was overwhelming support of the policies, despite the individual hardships that they may have caused.

We urge the BOEM and all reviewing agencies to carefully consider the overwhelming public support for protecting our coastal environment and the important economic benefits our Sanctuaries provide, and not allow any increased offshore oil exploration or production or decrease in protective status of our California Marine Sanctuaries.

Driven by overwhelming public support, Congress responded by establishing our first National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Santa Barbara, followed later by 4 more west coast Sanctuaries.

Clean Energy Council chief executive Matthew Warren said an expanded RET had overwhelming public support and, together with other energy efficiency measures, would «unleash» $ 28 billion of new investment and 28,000 new jobs over the next decade.

If the CBC forum is anything to go by they have the overwhelming support of the public.

Not just because the federal government missed an opportunity to link food choices with environmental issues, but because there appeared to be significant support for the inclusion of sustainability in the guidelines: one analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity looked at the 29,000 public comments on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee's report, and found «overwhelming support» for including sustainability.

One such case is Don Easterbrook, whose testimony in front of a Washington State Committee in March 2013 so distorted the scientific facts that most of the members of his department (WWU geology) wrote a public letter, saying» [his views] are neither scientifically valid nor supported by the overwhelming preponderance of evidence on the topic».

We have seen an overwhelming public response in support of the SHIELD Act and patent reform more generally.

The Independent: Kinship carers: Overwhelming public backing for improved rights and support for those who take full - time custody of their grandchildren or siblings, 15 March 2015

David Simon and Peter Lowy, CEOs at Simon and Westfield America, issued the following joint statement: «We are gratified to have received such an unprecedented and overwhelming mandate from Taubman's public shareholders in support of our offer.